1954 Press Photo Supreme Court Justice Douglas with Bride, Minister, Family

Associate Justice William O. Douglas of the United States Supreme Court and his bride, the former Mrs. Mercedes Hester Davidson, are pictured (center) following their marriage at the home of the bride's parents in Tallulah, Louisiana. From left are the Reverend Arthur Strickland, of Tallulah's First Presbyterian Church, who performed the ceremony; Mrs. D.E. Hester, the bride's mother; Justice and Mrs. Douglas; Sheriff Hester, and Mrs. Strickland. Douglas, 56, was divorced last year by his wife Mildred; Mrs. Douglas, 37, a member of the jurist's Washington staff, was divorced three years ago from her husband, Girard Davidson, former assistant secretary of the interior.

Photo is dated 1954.

Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches.